There are the trolls, but there is also a tremendous amount of respect for Nashville and its fans in Vancouver.

Now that is hilarious. For the previous 13 years of the Preds/Preds fanbase, all I've heard from Canadians is hockey doesn't belong in Tennessee. We finally get out of the first round, and our northern neighbors have "tremendous respect". Same coach, same GM, same style of play with many of the same players, and SAME FANS... what took you so long??

P.S. am I the only person that thinks it's funny that Detroit is probably in San Jose and we are probably in Vancouver, yet none of those four teams knows when they're playing even though it's SUPPOSED to start tomorrow?

I am assuming the pickard callup is because the Cyclones are done and he can get some practice with the big squad. No way he plays in a playoff game unless both goalies go down AND Dex cant get to vancouver in time for a game.

laakso is injury insurance. we would be screwed if someone on D tweaks something in warmups or the morning skate. presumbaly we didnt do it sooner to save money but since we won a round we can afford to pay the kid

Glad to see you beat the Ducks, though on a personal note that screwed my pool. Shouldn't have bet against Nashville I guess. Anyway, onto this series.

I can't really make any predictions that you haven't seen time and time again, but I would like to say this: I'm so sorry, in advance, for the douches and knob goblins of the Canucks fan base. We know they are there and they are front and centre during the good times and disappear during the eliminations, the losing streaks, and the losses. The Canucks have some good respectable posters and a large amount of trolls.

Glad to see you beat the Ducks, though on a personal note that screwed my pool. Shouldn't have bet against Nashville I guess. Anyway, onto this series.

I can't really make any predictions that you haven't seen time and time again, but I would like to say this: I'm so sorry, in advance, for the douches and knob goblins of the Canucks fan base. We know they are there and they are front and centre during the good times and disappear during the eliminations, the losing streaks, and the losses. The Canucks have some good respectable posters and a large amount of trolls.

So again: sorry in advance, and here's to a good series.

And SOB trashtalk.

Maybe our team can rid the boards of those bad-apple posters for a while

Thanks for the good post. I look forward to the good Canuck posters engaging us in intelligent discussion, and I feel bad for the mods, both on this board and the main board, as the potential for an all out flame-war is ever increasing. I'm going to have to keep the ignore feature in mind this series I think

P.S. am I the only person that thinks it's funny that Detroit is probably in San Jose and we are probably in Vancouver, yet none of those four teams knows when they're playing even though it's SUPPOSED to start tomorrow?

I don't live in Vancouver, but I agree it's absurd, especially from a marketing POV. You'd ideally like a few days to sell the tickets to the game, and from a fan POV, you may have to change your plans/work schedule at the drop of a hat to accomodate.

Definitely bizarre, also bizarre that there would apparently be no break whatsoever between the finish of Round 1 today and the start of Round 2 tomorrow. I thought--traditionally--there was a one or two game break...

Someone said that the schedule is expected to be announced tomorrow morning -- in which case, I don't see how we could have game 1 tomorrow night. It would be no earlier than Friday, and more likely Saturday...

Now that is hilarious. For the previous 13 years of the Preds/Preds fanbase, all I've heard from Canadians is hockey doesn't belong in Tennessee. We finally get out of the first round, and our northern neighbors have "tremendous respect". Same coach, same GM, same style of play with many of the same players, and SAME FANS... what took you so long??

I don't remember hearing that hockey didn't belong in Tennesse. I've heard alot of skeptics on talk radio shows etc but never downright hockey doesn't belong there. They save those kinds of comments for Florida and Atlanta . Anyways The view from canada about the preds for years has been a hardworking team with a great coach, minimal talent, and shea weber. That said I don't mind others jumping on the bandwagon, how else are they going to learn about the team if it isn't now. All are welcome in my books.